MECHANICSBURG: No one had a chance. At least that is the way it looked for the first 24 laps of the Sprint Car feature at Williams Grove Speedway.

Brian Montieth started on the outside pole and had a half-lap lead on the field at one point. There wasn't a caution flag in sight, and Montieth was on cruise control in his preferred line around the cushion.

But then came the flashback to the early 90s. The blue No. 69K of Don Kreitz Jr. got hooked up on the bottom and chewed up another victim — this time Montieth — for another victory at the historic half mile.

Kreitz took second on lap 19 and made up a full straightaway in six laps. He ducked under Montieth coming down the homestretch and claimed his 59th career Williams Grove win by a mere .01 seconds.

"I looked up and saw Montieth was starting second and thought he's got to be leading," Kreitz said. "Then I started to catch him, and I thought maybe he wasn't leading.

"I thought I was passing him for third coming to the line. I didn't know we won."

What looked like a clunker turned into a thriller thanks to Kreitz, who started seventh on the grid.

Justin Barger and Montieth had a wild start. The two traded the lead between the start-finish line and Turn 2, but it was waved off when Gerard McIntyre Jr. stopped on a frontstretch with a flat right rear.

Montieth owned the complete restart and set sail. By the time lap 7 clicked on the board, the Phoenixville driver was entering lapped traffic and had a straightaway advantage over the field.

Kreitz started knocking down competitors and entered the picture on lap 9. He took fourth from Austin Hogue coming out of Turn 4 and was making up ground in chunks.

Kreitz continued to reel in the front two. He caught Haas on the backstretch on lap 19 and was making up ground at an alarming rate.

Montieth was a full straightaway in front. There was some lapped traffic issues, but nothing that looked like it would keep him out of Victory Lane.

"Davey [Brown] did a heck of a job with the car tonight," said Kreitz, who banked $4,310. "Some nights you are on and hit every corner perfect.

"I told Davey the car was good. I just couldn't hit my marks, but the car was good that it carried me through the heat race."

Kreitz hit all his marks late.

In fact, he didn't miss. Over the last five laps, he nailed the bottom and chopped huge chunks off Montieth's lead.

When the two leaders took the white flag, Kreitz was still 10 car-lengths off the pace. Montieth slipped high in Turn 2, and Kreitz closed to make it tight.

Montieth was smart in Turn 3. He took the bottom away, but Kreitz slid through the middle, and the two cars crossed coming out of Turn 4.

The leaders battled side-by-side down the frontstretch. Montieth on the outside, Kreitz on the inside; it was too close to call.

Then came the announcement: Kreitz was victorious.

"It was unexpected," Kreitz said. "Even after we took the checkered, and I'm going down the backstretch, they are saying on the radio 'go to scales 69k, 21.' I'm thinking 'I wonder why they said me first.'

"Then I look up on the board, and I saw we were first. I was shocked. If I would have known it was for the win, I probably would have screwed up and not got him."

Montieth, the winner last week at Lincoln Speedway, settled for a disappointing second-place finish. Steve Buckwalter, Haas and Barger completed the top five.

Aaron Ott took the lead from Glenndon Forsythe and went on to score the victory in the 25-lap United Racing Company main event.

Mark Smith came from ninth to finish second. Robbie Stillwaggon, Derek Locke and Curt Michael completed the top five.